Baptism & Holy Communion

It’s good to be reminded that Baptism and Holy Communion are the Sacraments of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. Both are gifts from a loving Savior, and both are administered according to the Biblical mandates which established them.

In the case of Baptism, the mandate is two-fold. Christ declares in Matthew 28:19-20 that Baptism is comprised of both the actual baptism and the teaching that either precedes (adults) or follows (children).

In the case of Baptism, with regard to infants and young children, if the intent on the part of the parents is merely to baptize but not to raise the child in the one true faith as Christ instructs, then there is much more for the parents to consider and to understand and believe before the pastor may rightly and faithfully administer the Sacrament